Glove lining form



Ot. 17, 1933. E. B. NEWTON GLOVE LINING FORM Filed .April l1, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-TCE GLOVE LINING FORM This invention relates Edwin B. Newton, Akron,

B. F. Goodrich Company,

Ohio, assgnor to The New York, N. Y., a.

corporation of New York pplicaton April 11, 1933. Serial No. 665,529 4 Claims. (Cl. 154-1) to forms used in the manufacture of rubber articles and especially forms adapted to support a lar article while a lin It has been found rubber gloves and similar rubber glove or simiing is being applied thereto. desirable to provide certain articles with an absorbent and insulating lining so that perspiration will be absorbed the article may be applied or removed with ease, and heat will be retained in the hand. Heretofore, as far as I am aware,

the preferred practice in lining such gloves has been to support the glove tacts with the entire inner surface of on a form which conthe glove when the glove is in-side out, and then reversing the glove to bring the lining on the inside of it.

Cement is applied over and a fabric lining havingv is drawn thereover. the cement is often the surface of the glove the shape of the glove In placing the fabric lining scraped from the glove, re-

sulting in poor adhesion, especially in the region of the fingers.

The principal objects of this invention are to permit placing of the able removal of the cement lining without objectioncoating and with the exercise of a minimum amount of force.

Other .objects will appear from the .following description and the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the form with a glove and lining thereon,

part of the glove and lining being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3,is a cross-section taken on line. 3 3 ofl Fig. 1.

YFig. 4 is a cross-section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a substantially rigid form,

which may be made of metal, thermoplastic rubber, vitreous or other material, having glove to be lined.

formed with a groove tirely around the or grooves 12, 13,

form.

14, 15, and 16 extend lengththe general shape of the At the wrist portion 'it is 11, preferably extending en- A series of depressions wise of the fingers and thumb, connecting with groove 1l and bers and preferably extending to the tips of those memcontinuing down the opposite side thereof to again join the groove 11. One

or more perf orations of the depressions or groovesy with the interiorof the The form is closed for a single opening pipe 19 which may 1'7 are drawn over the rubber glove.

those areas pump or other source of sub-atmospheric pressure or to a pressure air supply at will.

In the use of the device a rubber glove 20 is placed on the form. Pipe 19 is connected to the source of low pressure and the i'orm is evacuated, 60V causing those parts of the glove which overlie the grooves to be collapsed into conformity to the grooves. A coating of unvulcanized rubber 21 is now applied to the form by painting, spraying, or dipping the article with a dispersion of rubber composition in water or an organic solvent.

The fabric lining l22, which previously had been constructed and wet'with a rubber solvent., is now As it does not contact with those coated portions of the glove which lie within the grooves in the form, the coating of such portions is undisturbed. When the lining is in place, air under pressure is 'admitted to the form through the pipe 19, causing those portions of the glove at'v the positions of the grooves to be pressed into contact with the lining without shearing movement.

The provision of the grooves extending to the tips of the iingers and over two opposite faces 30 thereof prevents the cement being disturbed over and therefore provides a zone of superior adhesion extending over the areas occupied by the grooves and insures adequate adhesion of the lining at the nger tips of the glove, g5 and the reduction'of the length of the general cross-sectional outline of the several elements of a rubber article comprising the form incident to the presence of the grooves permits the drawing of the lining onto the glove without such tightness of t asto wipe the cement from the glove to an excessive degree even as to those areas in which the glovewall is in its normal position.

I claim:

1. A form for use in applying a facing layer to 95 a hollow body having the general shape of the article and adapted for thearticle to be drawn thereover, said form having a depression in be sealed by an article when in place on the form, and means to evacuate the depression to draw thereinto a portion of the article overlying the depression.

2. A form for supporting a glove to be provided wg, with a lining, said form comprising a hollow body having the general shape of the glove, said form having grooves extending along the lingers thereof and adapted to be sealed by a glove when the latter is in place on the form, and means for delll its outer surface adapted to .Vb

pressing portions of the glove overlying the grooves.A

3. A form for supporting a glove to be provided with a lining, said form comprising a hollow body having the general shape of the glove, said form having grooves in its outer surface extending along the ngers and over the tips thereof and adapted to be sealed by a glove when the latter is in place on the form, and means for depressing portions of the glove overlying the grooves.

4. A form for supporting a glove to be provided with a lining, said form comprising a body having the general shape of a glove, said form having a depression in its outer face extending over a portion of the form where maximum adhesion of glove and lining is desired, and means for producing a 'sub-atmospheric pressure in said depression When the form is covered by a glove to depress a portion of the glove While a lining is being applied thereto.

EDWIN B.' NEWTON.

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